Claudia Rueda

Claudia Rueda is a Colombian picture book author, whose works include Nacho and Lolita and My Little Polar Bear. Her books have been published in the United States, Spain and Mexico, and have been translated into French, Danish, Portuguese, Korean and Chinese.

Published books

"No" (Groundwood, 2010), "My Little Polar Bear" (Scholastic, 2009), "Let's Play in the Forest" (Scholastic, 2006), "Nacho and Lolita" (Scholastic, 2005)

Awards

2011 CCBC choice (Univ.Wisconsin), 2009 Oppenheim Platinum Award, 2007 National Parenting Publications Gold Award, 2006 CHILD Magazine Best Children’s Books, Colombian IBBY Honor List

Biographical and Critical Sources

Periodicals

• Booklist, October 1, 2005, Jennifer Mattson
• Review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 66; November 15, 2006, Hazel Rochman
• Review of Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around, p. 51.
• Críticas, November 1, 2003, Ann Welton
• Review of Mientras se enfría el pastel; October 1, 2006, Veronica Covington,
• Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2005, review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 1088; October 1, 2006
• Review of Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around, p. 1023.
• Publishers Weekly, August 22, 2005, review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 63.
• School Library Journal, October 2005, Rosalyn Pierini, review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 144; October 2006, Linda *Zeilstra Sawyer, review of Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around, p. 1125.

Interviews

Taller Espantapajaros. [1]

Online Claudia Rueda Home Page, [2] (October 17, 2007).* Open Library. [3] Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango [4]

References

• https://groundwoodbooks.com/gw_titles.cfm?pub_id=1469&type=new
• http://www.faqs.org/periodicals/201011/2184647921.html
• http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/creative_writing/student_chronicles.html

Persondata
Name	Rueda, Claudia
Alternative names
Short description	picture book author
Date of birth
Place of birth	Bogota, Colombia
Date of death
Place of death